Hello…still in the kitchen!  It’s great to “boycott” the farm now and then and refuse to descend into the dirt and wetness (yes it has been raining so now time to swap the mantra over to “wet, wet, wet” instead of “dry, dry, dry.”

Gnome says,

“You can come back to the reality of the farm in your own time my dear…”

Ahhh…I think…that is so supportive of him.  But then he says cheekily:

“The grass is getting longer as we speak.  And little goosies are calling out for you.  Oh and there’s a jackfruit dying a super squidgy death on the veranda….”

Hmmmm.  I can ignore alll duties for one more day whilst I re-charge my batteries in the kitchen.  Sort of like a re-boot…

Anyway, this is one of my most favourite things that I like to do.  Gather lots of food on the farm and make something good to eat.  I do this everyday anyway but I am making a concerted effort to ignore anything talking, quacking, wee-weeing, mee-owing, bow-wowing or honking demands at me! 🙂

Today, I have made a meal out of everything from the farm.  All except the onions.  Ahhh the onions…that is going to be called “Munchkin & Gnome: Plant Acre of Onions Project” and will require ingenuity on our part since it is soooo wet (there we go again with the new mantra).

Thank-you my darling duckies for the eggs; I am rather fond of them…the duckies, I mean:

The Meal of the Day!  This includes onions (not ours) and aubergines, tomatoes, jalapeño peppers and duckie eggs (all ours).  Oh, and thanks to Panda for his Roma tomatoes which I nicked out of his bucket!  This is a great way to poach eggs…which Gnome taught me a long time ago in a land down-under: cook your dish as usual on the stove (can be anything; beans, lentils, stew, anything really) and once cooked, crack eggs on top.  Place lid on pot and cook eggs, on medium heat, to desired consistency. Hard-boiled yolks require about 8 minutes; so if you want anything in between, give yourself up to this measure of time.

Okay, back to farm work tomorrow with renewed energy and inspiration…

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